Destranator
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Pakistan is not a standard bearer for attack helicopter operators.There is a reason Pakistan is still waiting for t129. They can easily buy z10 whenever they want but still not going for it. They are keeping it as a last resort. Z10 might look damn good on papers but its actually not that good.
T-129 will not be an option for anybody until Turkey manages to build their own reliable engine.
Z-10 may not be the best but it is the only one that can possibly come at a cost affordable to BD, significant levels of ToT and zero strings. As with fighter jets, attack helicopters are needed in numbers.
BA has 10 Area Commands (each with 4-5 Infantry/armoured brigades that can benefit from attack helicopter support.).
Given that we have so many fighting formations, even 100 attack helicopters are not too many to have.
Given our soft soil and riverine landscape making emergency troop reinforcement very difficult, attack helicopters will be absolute game changers.
While Apaches are the best in terms of quality and specs, I am quite happy we are not getting them as we would have gotten stuck with only a dozen of them max due to costs.